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Y -- FIRE ISLAND INLET AND SHORE WESTERLY TO JONES INLET, NEW YORK, BEACH EROSION CONTROL AND NAVIGATION PROJECT. SOL DACW51-97-B-0001 POC Jacqueline Daly, Contract Specialist, (212) 264-9069. To perform maintenance dredging of the Federal navigation channel and the deposition basin at Fire Island Inlet with placement of the dredged material as nourishment along the designated feeder beach (Gilgo Beach). Basic schedule - The placement of 300,000 cubic yards of dredged material along Gilgo Beach. Option schedule - The placement of an additional 700,000 cubic yards of material along Gilgo Beach. Liquidated damages: $739.00 per day until completion. Plans and Specifications are available on or about 4 October 1996. Bid opening date is on or about 4 November 1996 at 11:00 a.m. A $50.00 charge for Plans and Specifications is non-refundable. Checks should be made payable to FAO, USA, COE, NED, and sent to the Finance and Accounting Office. Estimated cost range is $5,000,000. to $10,000,000. Completion time is 40 calendar day. SIC NO. is 1629. Note: This proposed contract are UNRESTRICTED. Do not send return addresses with P.O. Boxes. Plans and Specifications may be examined at this office or at following offices: F.W. Dodge Company, 1633 Broadway, Paramount Plaza Bldg., New York, New York: Brown's Letters, 163 Struyvesant Avenue, Lynshurst, New Jersey. (0263)

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